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#Post#: 6973--------------------------------------------------
Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 7, 2023, 2:35 pm
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The 2-year-old child passenger I was with at the time of the
incident has a blue badge. I took them to the park and picked up
some conkers, which they wanted to take home. There's a little
section in my car where I place the blue badge if needed. I keep
two pairs of sunglasses there also. I just chucked the conkers
on there as it was the easiest thing to do at the time. Driving
back I remembered I was supposed to pick up some milk, so parked
in a blue badge space next to the shop and put the correct time
on the blue badge time thingy. Because of the conkers the blue
badge was partly concealed, but I'm pretty certain I made sure
that you could read the vital information if looking from the
right angle - he will doubtless have taken a picture from a
dodgy angle, but I'm not sure how to get hold of it. Anyone know
how to ask Bolton Council for this? I was in the shop not five
minutes, and when I came out there was a parking ticket, so this
is looking like the most expensive milk I've ever bought. It
reads: conravention code 40 "parked in a disabled persons
parking place without clearly displaying a valid person badge".
This was 29th Sept. It says if I pay within 14 days I get a
reduction from £70 to £35. Part of me thinks I should just pay
(not that I have a spare £35 kicking about) and part of me
thinks that that parking attendant was looking for any excuse to
write a ticket. Any thoughts anyone?
#Post#: 6976--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: October 7, 2023, 2:48 pm
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"Without clearly displaying" is subjective. You say the BB and
clock was visible, so somebody is wrong. Why not take photos of
how the BB and clock was placed, and compare it with any photos
the CEO may have taken.
Please also post-up the PCN, all sides, so we can check it for
fatal errors. YOu'd be surprised how may we find.
#Post#: 6981--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 7, 2023, 4:01 pm
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Photo of PCN at this link...
HTML https://imgur.com/a/rTm1O0T
Google location, think the centre parking bay, in front of
Iceland (not theirs but the council's bays) in Farnworth,
'sunny' Bolton...
HTML https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5472316,-2.3953371,3a,90y,86.54h,57.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSiVpZW4REyEqvG-nqvI6Fg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
My car is currently in the garage so don't have access to it for
a photo, sorry. Can I get the photo the council will have taken?
#Post#: 6984--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: October 7, 2023, 5:29 pm
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If there are council photos, please post them up.
#Post#: 6987--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 7, 2023, 10:36 pm
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"If there are council photos, please post them up."
I have emailed them to ask.
#Post#: 7043--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: October 8, 2023, 4:59 pm
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You could have a look on
HTML https://bolton.zatappeal.com/
as most
councils nowadays let you access the photos through their
website.
#Post#: 7055--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 9, 2023, 12:59 am
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Hi, tried that but despite putting in the correct PCN number
their website just tells me that it's "Not a valid ticket".
#Post#: 7063--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: DancingDad
Date: October 9, 2023, 4:23 am
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--- Quote from: Petes Dragon link ---
>
> Hi, tried that but despite putting in the correct PCN number
their website just tells me that it's "Not a valid ticket".
>
--- End Quote ---
Try again...some sites take a day or longer to update
#Post#: 7102--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 9, 2023, 3:39 pm
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Well, I've been occasionally re-trying to enter the PCN number
throughout the day with no luck, and they haven't replied to my
email. Should I attempt to ring them?
#Post#: 7117--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blue Badge Not Clearly Displayed
DIR By: Petes Dragon
Date: October 10, 2023, 4:50 am
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Okay, I now have a picture. It would seem I'm a little more a
fault than recalled. As i got out the car I threw the little
one's hat onto the dash, and it also appears to be covering some
of the badge (I thought it wasn't from where I was sat, silly
me). Still, the attendant could have made out that I was within
the time frame and also that badge is valid. Should I throw
myself at their mercy and try to ask for leniency or just pay?
HTML https://imgur.com/a/pW1CrrR
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